Opinion
2013-05-30
In re BEAUTIFUL B., and Another, Children Under the Age of Eighteen Years, etc., Damion R., Respondent–Appellant, Administration for Children's Services, Petitioner–Respondent.
Kenneth M. Tuccillo, Hastings on Hudson, for appellant Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel, New York (Pamela Seider Dolgow of counsel), for respondent.
Kenneth M. Tuccillo, Hastings on Hudson, for appellant Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel, New York (Pamela Seider Dolgow of counsel), for respondent.
Karen Freedman, Lawyers for Children, Inc., New York (Shirim Nothenberg of counsel), attorney for the children.
Order, Family Court, New York County (Jody Adams, J.), entered on or about February 22, 2012, which, after a fact-*723finding determination that respondent father neglected his children, placed them in the custody of petitioner Administration for Children's Services (“ACS”) until the next permanency hearing, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
It is undisputed that respondent violated an order of protection limiting the mother's contact with one of the children to supervised visitation by cohabiting with her and the child. The order was clear on its face, despite the caseworker's admitted misunderstanding as to whether cohabitation was permitted. Although ACS was required to supervise the child's placement with respondent, he was responsible for ensuring the safety of his child (see In re Ashante M, 19 A.D.3d 249, 797 N.Y.S.2d 68 [1st Dept. 2005];Matter of Stephanie S. [Ruben S.], 70 A.D.3d 519, 520, 895 N.Y.S.2d 72 [1st Dept. 2010] ). Accordingly, the court properly removed the children from the father's care pending the next permanency hearing based on the violation of the order of protection and to permit ACS to evaluate his residence.